Commentaries

Why Employees Quit

October 23, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ethan Bernstein, Michael B. Horn, and Bob Moesta for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here.…

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Face It, Your Brain Is a Computer

October 21, 2024

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Gary Marcus for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Gérard DuBois * * * Science has a poor track record…

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What’s the “secret sauce” for accelerating personal growth and professional development?

October 19, 2024

In their latest collaboration, Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner articulate what I characterize as the “secret sauce” for accelerating personal growth and professional development: “You have to aspire to excel. You need a set of values…

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Five Misconceptions About Creativity

October 18, 2024

Here is a classic article co-authored by Vikram Malhotra and James Manyika for The McKinsey Quarterly website (March 2011), published by McKinsey & Company. To check out all the free resources and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…

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20 Ways to Think Differently: Inside Apple’s Cultlike-Culture

October 17, 2024

Here is an article written by Steve Tobak for BNET (March 2, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please…

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Don’t Underestimate the Power of Kindness at Work

October 16, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ovul Sezer, Kelly Nault, and Nadav Klein for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please click here. Credit: Cactus Creative…

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How to Avoid or Overcome Creative Blocks and Distractions

October 16, 2024

Here is an article written by Herb Schaffner for BNET (March 7, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please…

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THE NORMAL WELL-TEMPERED MIND: A Conversation with Daniel C. Dennett

October 10, 2024

His uncompromising computationalism has been opposed by philosophers such as John Searle and Jerry Fodor who maintain that the most important aspects of consciousness — intentionality and subjective quality — can never be computed. He is the philosopher of choice…

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10 Creative Block Breakers That Actually Work

October 10, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Susan K. Perry for Psychology Today in which she insists, “You CAN overcome the frustration of feeling blocked.” To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *…

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Andrew St. George on “Leadership lessons from the Royal Navy”

October 10, 2024

Here is a classic article written by Andrew St. George for The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company (January 31, 2013). As he explains, “This branch of the British armed services consciously fosters cheerfulness and nourishes its collective memory. Business executives…

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